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The National tribune., 1887-01-20
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CAPITAL PRIZE, $4,000.

We do hereby certify that zoe supervise TIE ar
rangements for all The Monthly and Ssnsi-AnRuGl
Drawings Of The Louisiana State Lottery Com
paay and tl person manage and control Tie DrasO-
t,gs themselves, and that he same are conducted
0ata A0Hestg fairness and hs good faith toward all
parties, aud zoe authorizes the Company 70 'sss JAS
eeTttFcate, nth ftcsiBsiles Of oar signatures as.
tached, IN its GGluertisements1
The National tribune., 1887-01-20

DCMCMDCD That the presence Of Generals Beau
llLHiLmDLll regard and Early, who are in charge
OF the drawings, is of absolute fairness and
Integrity, thai the chances all equal and that
can possibly divine what numbers will draw Prize. All
parties therefore advertising guarantee Prizes in this
Lottery or holding out any other impossible induce
menis are swindlers, and only aim 70 deceive and de-
fraud the unwary.
The National tribune., 1887-01-20

A GENTS can make 81 an hour New Goods. Samples
N and terms free. c. H. MARSHALL, LOCkport, N. X
Mention The National Tribune
The National tribune., 1887-01-20

and large number Of prisoners were captured
a. the assault. A detail Of men was made and
The National tribune., 1887-01-20

IN thc advance either killed or wounded four az
them while bearing tlIe colorg. A part of the Ma
honnl eolof Of the regiment bad been torn off by "A
shot rom the enemy while still at some distance
from tie Tort but the sacred relic was seized bv
serBt I'D. w. Dodge, who bore the color hastily
thrusi into hs bosom and when lac fell was carried
with him from the field 10 the hospital hui what
remains Of the gloious old flag IL ioating from the
captured works. aud what remain of liz brave
defenders are mlngliug their voices ia the shout az
victory. The fort wac carried few minutes after
z On entering the fort the regiment gathered
around ihe cOlors. aud some were sent 10 Turn th,,
Guna two OF which were Tired several times on the
retreating enemy.
In rear OF the battery, which was open. were
several streets with log houses on each side
suiiiclent TO accommodate large force: from
behind these houses the enemy continued 20
Ire upon our men for several minutes after we
hao entered the works. Our troops dashed
down the streets capturing some prisoners. and
The Others iound shelter in the pine woods in
rear OF the works. Several of the 18Th n. III
were killed or wounded after we entered the
fort among them Corpl Crosby. of 90. q. shot
ia thG forehead and instantly Killed: also Il. n.
Follett was wounded while working one of the
captured guns
TWENTY-FIVE CANNON
and large number Of prisoners were captured
IN tho assault. A detail Of men was made and
The National tribune., 1887-01-20

Mention The National Tribune
The Opelousas courier., 1887-12-31
A Chinese Mandarsn,s Gratitude.

n CHtftSSG HuUftUuTtN'S USUttGHUe.
A missionary of the American Board
stationed at the China inland mission
writes to the home office of an incident.
A Chinese mandarin recently gave an
entertainment and presented a valuable
testimonial to the Christian Hospital,
out of gratitude for medical services
rendered to his aged father. The son
was absent on duty, and the father was
cured of a sickness which was supposed
to be fatal. While the old gentleman
was at the worst the vito of the absent
son, acting in place of her husband, per-
formed an act supposed to propitiate
heaven and to secure the restoration of
her father-in-law.
With her own hand she cut q piece of
flesh from her arm, had it cooked, and
administered it to the patient. On
the sons return his gratitude to the
missionaries was boundless. He had
prepared a memorial tablet, eight feet
by four, which was suitably inscribed.
This was hung from q bamboo pole, and
carried by two men, preceded by a band
IF musicians. As they approached tho
house big punches of frecrackers were
fred, and the tablet was presented with
much ceremony.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-12-31
A Se,.enade tn Dahonsey, Africa.

That night, perhaps, as a soother to
my nerves, the king gave us a serenade
by his own private band. / was awak-
ened about midnight with a noise that /
can compare to nothing but a thunder
storm in scales. They ran from high to
low, and got terribly mixed in the mid
die. 1t was not really unpleasant, but
like. the Ginning of bells, should be heard
at a distanee--the greater the distance
the better. I sprang to the window to
find that band consisted of twenty-five
men, each with a log, or piece of wood,
the largest SO heavy that it took four
men to carry il. These were set, one
end on the ground, the other supported
by u wooden t@restle, and beaten ON the
high end with wooden hammers, of all
sizes, from the hand hammer to asledge,
each stick or log emitting its sound, but
no distinguishable air resulted. NORTH
American Review.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-12-31
vi World,

Far down the winding lane of years,
The weary world is slowly vending;
Grim walls Of fate and gates of tears
TO trembling prayers no answer sending.
Yet through it ali sweet spirits call,
Through lonely days Of grief and aching;
Hopes roses blossom on the wall,
TO keep the worlds great heart from
breaking"
Across the sobbing sea of doom
The weary world is slowly drifting;
Eyes wet with tears pierce through the
gloom,
Yet zee no sign of rest or rifting.
Still, angels bright, from some far height,
Repeat through hours of weary waking:
"HJpe's starlight shines through darkest
night,
TO keep the worlds great heart from
breaking
Ger troubled waves by paths of rue,
Faint souls press towards the land Of par
don,
Burdened with crosses, wet with dew
From chill Gethsemane's lone garden.
Yet to and fro, now loud, now low,
A voice is sweetest music making
Hope, singing on, through pain and woe,
To keep the worlds great heart from
breaking.
-[Clarence Urmey.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-12-31
Heredity In Handwriting.

Do you believe in heredity infhand-
writinga A friend advocates the theory
to me with much show of reason. His
life has been a long one, and he says
that now, in noticing the signatures Of
children of friends of his, he is fire.
quently startled by the close relationship
of their ~penmanship to that Of their
parents. Inquiry does not demonstra.e
that the children have Intentionally
copied the handwriting of tleir sires,
but without intent have come into the
same pen peculiarities. In some in
stances the difference between the two
could scarcely be distinguished. The
student of heredity and its many whims
has here q new fed Of labor that might
prove interesting in the development. -
Est. Paul Pioneer Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-12-31
IN EnnEssh Tn9s.


# was a queer, quaint little hosteliy,
low IN statue, 4 frame Of wood filed in
with brick, tiled roofs and pointed ga
bles, and small square windows, into
which two heads of curious people could
scarce have squeezed at once. Mine host
stood at the door, and his situation to
me was SO courteous, and he seemed 10.
good-humored j reflex Of the swinging
sign near, upon which was roughly
painted i laughing Gambrinus carrying
4 huge mug 81 beer u his e~xpectant,
wide-open mouth, thai, returning his
good-day 8 I entered within. II was
the tap-roora Of NE pace, rough
enough il finish 3 few racing
pictures hanging against the wooden
frame and phscards announcing 4
cricket match and ! prize exhibition 81
flowers fruits and regeEabIes atIatiner,
ths seat of tIe Lord 81 gheshasn. 10 his
question II what would have selected
bseE md asked him g sin ne. we so
nt aiftle sbla aid dran and smoked
aaa exchap nuuiaHivs . Hs
The Opelousas courier., 1887-12-31

AM interesting table has been compiled
by the Railway AGE of the most d~estruc-
i've railway accidents Of the past forty
Fears. From this IT appears that the
Number qf very serious accidents IN the
United States was cqnaIed, il not ex-
SLED. By foreign countries. For exam
ple, these - which sixty ormore persons
Fers killed we're ID America as follows:
EnIy II 1850, phiIadelphia and Read
ne railroad, at galnphill, Rss, 66 killed,
sEUo injured July 15, 1864, Erie rail-
soad. 1t Port Jervls, N. Z, collision, so
Killed, ls0 injured December 90, 1876.
Lake Shore md Michigan Southern, Ill
Ashtabula q, broken bridge, about So
Killed, 80 injured, and the Chatsworth
aisastef With "A killed and fso injured.
Dn foreign railways during the same
period There were the following: M4rch
tX ass7 GFsat Western, of Canada, at.
~ ps Tatdiaes canal, BY 4 broken
bridge, So killed and 30 injured Grand
KzRhk of canada, at RIeholieu River.
W open drawbridge, 30 Killed,
haapafedsp iniured Deecm her rs
ssa9s North British Railway, Il nav
BFiogs J d~srailtneut, III Killed; june
. 1907 MoFelis railroad, st SID Anto-
y
The Opelousas courier., 1887-12-31
Healthy ana U,shealttv Occupations

4ACAURttV gN4GS1 OEtfeCUtetey OOCStPSt0GUsV6
The English Registrar General has
made a comparison between healthy and
unhealthy occupations. Assuming the
normal average death rate of the COM
munity as the unit of comparison, and
calling it 1000, particular occupations
may be regarded as healthy or unhealthy
according as the death-rates among those
pursuing them fall above or below that
figure. The most healthy occupation
appears to be that of ministers Of re-
ligion, whose rate is $50. Next are
gardeners and nurserymeg 500; farm
ers and glaciers, 631; agricultural labor
ers, 701 s~choolmasters, 719; and gross
GERS, coal merchants, paper, lace, and
hosiery manufactures. wheelwrights,
ship-builders and coai-miaers, with all
Of whom the average death rate is under
775. The most 1ahealthy occupations
are the trades connected with the liquor
traffic and hotel service, with which the
death rate is 2. 205; following these arc
general laborers in London, 1000, cos
~ter1nongers, bankers and street sellers,
1879; ~innkeepers, etc, 1, 521; and
brewers, | 1851. Alter the trades con.
cerned with alcohol, the highest rates
are furnished by occupations that involve
the breathing Of dust-other than coal
dust-ana exposure to lead poisoning.
The death rate among butchers Is also
high, ,170.sIPopular Science Monthly.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-12-31
Whfte Topag.

The white topaz found near Pixies
Peak il almost equal III value ID tic dia-
mond, says 8. +. Hobert III the Globe
Democrat. Not many people know this
but ! found i topaz Oh the banks oil the
Platte River this simmer and sent II
to j lapidary ii New York 70 have It
cut It weighed s28 carats, ana the
laTidary sent back word that he would
give me $50 for It. + refused the offer,
and Investigation disclosed the faet fhas
ifI had sold the stone II would hare
found It's way into soane Of the large
eWelry stores IF the metropolis where,
cut into innumcrEbIo small stones, IL
would have boon offered Ior sale IS
genuine diamonds Ulear white topaz
II north i carat. III thfss or fozr
carat, wsll-cut stone, viil eoss gou $50
81 Thu white topaz has ths
brIIlIaacy ~ hafdaess IL tha aiaaaoaa.
anasdiifefs rom feonlY III being sone-
sv.al Il snspafsnf angle q Tefraes
tion aEefs aalY ialal aa thaf q
tzs aianaoul tqo.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-12-31

had somewhat of my autobiography;
perhaps spontaneous on my part, to dis
pei apparent suspicious of my being OF
the brotherhood of tramps. And he told,
me how he and his progenitors for,
one hundred years had been pubiicans
at that place while my country still paid
its tribute to George iii. There were
repetitions Of the potatlon, rcflling OF
the pipes and broader flights of talk,
until the sun touched the plumes Of
the trees on the western hills, until
the cows, all day pastured, came low
ing into the paddock, and the bats, hid
under the caves during all the hours OF.
light, came out and whirled through the
darkening air. Mine host had no place
for me to sleep, but he thought that if I
would go On a mile to a farm called the
tsVale,p at the first intersection of his
road with another, I could probably DO
accommodated by a spinster who had
just opened her house for SUMMER board
ers from London. ''she's a little skit-
fish" he added, Enlightened like, and
perhaps, will ask for references, but just
tell her you're from America, and talk
nice, just like a gentleman, and sbe'H
open her door to you. She's nothing to
drink there, but bear in mind that I
have, and Ill be glad to see you, sir"
He stretched out his broad, hard, brown
hand both for the score and good bye
and we parted. ---[Philadelphia Call.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-12-31
Domestic Bra,css In London Streets

Domestic BrGWIs tn London Streets.
The way domestic brawls are carried
on in the streets of London cannot be
matched, 1 am certain, in any other city
in the w6rld, says T. G.. Crawford in
the New York World. The common
people who walk the streets regard
these quarrels as their own private the
atricaB AMI sternly resent any interior
enceu of the police. As a general thing
the police do not touch the brawlers un-
less they make too much of a distur-
bance and block up the streets. The
police then simply order them to
move on, and make arrests only where
the disturbing party resists. During
my stay in London I have seen more
street fights than I had ever seen before
in my Life. The actors in these street
fights or domestic brawls appear to take
great pride in the parts which they are
called upon to play, They are stimulat-
ed by the cheers and roars of approval
from the audience and do their best to
maintain their regulations for courage,
f~erocity and skill i nretort. The women
are especially excitable and active in a
street fight. The man generally looks
sulky and sheepish when engaged in a
fight with his wife in public. But the
women give them a chance to back
out. They are much moro yladictive
and active than the men. Aftep the
man has been kicked three or four times
and has had his face scEstched up to a
proper state of rawness, he beSomes cx-
cited and then strikes out <1orutalIy and
cruelty, unless a policeman happens to
be too near. The women are generally
the victors in these street fights. The
fighting women generally have babies
In their arms. I have seen a number of
costermonger yiragos bounding from the
ground like hyenas, rushing up and
down with great leaps, bowling insults
and epithets, then sweeping down to-
wards the hated object of their wrath
for a blow or a kick, and when the man
strikes out the baby never seems to be
regarded as anything more than a buff
fer. The costermonger female uses her
baby as a shield. The poor, wretched
baby is generally a philosopher and
rarely, if ever, bowls or cries. I have
never heard a costermonger baby ever
peep during the most exciting phases of
q street fight, although the mother may
be bowling like a panther in her rage
and excitement.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-12-31

A writer In the Century has this good
Word 10 say for native trees. We feel
Justified ID giving o word of strong
recommendation in favor of native rs
against foreign, or at least as against
European trees. AT the best the Inter
ire uncertain ia almost every case, while
he former have an Unborn and we'll
proved title I'd be trusted. The most
successful ornamental planting that has
eyer been done in America shows its re-
sults III the streets of such towns as
stockbridge, Great harrington, Salem,
md New Haven and was the work OF
men who went to the forest and not IT,
she nursery for their infant elms and
naples Certainly our more recently
planted parks offer small promise Of
HIKE maturity BIZ beauty with their Eu-
sopean oaks, ashes, their Scotch and
Austrian pines. ia almost as d~epIorable
state Il their Norway spruces. When
s0t ornamental but economic plantations
re ii question, past experience tells
Fefg strongly against European trees
While the evidence Of recent experiment
with native trees, as ID the plantations
If indigenous c~onifers in eastern Massa-
shnsetts Is Of the most encouraging kind.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-12-31

Here is IN advertisement that is APP
pearing in the Utah papers: Wanted,
Information of John Edmund Kettle,
Agc tWenty-six, formerly Of London,
England, latterly Of Salt Lake City, by
lhe nndersigned-Marietta Kettle, Rosa
Y. Kettle, Lillian @. Kettle, Katherine
K Kettle, Matte s. Kettle, Susan T.
Kettle, Fannie B. Kettle, Constance G..
Kettle, Margaret A. Kettle and Julia A.
Kettle, al VI Salt Lake City. Appar-
sntly these Kestles are all boiling at
any rate, it will be pretty hot for Johsl
Edmund liz he is canght.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-12-31

"a writer ii the NineteeRsh Century
mentions the case of a man who, while
addicted to the morphine habit, fell il
love with d girl. With a view to marry
ing her he plaeel himself under medical
treatment for the habit, outbound, when
restored to health, that his love had van
lshed SO that be did not at MI care fol
the girl Whether he relapsed and then
married his dream love is not stated.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-12-31

A gentleman of an inventive turn re-
siding at Plymouth, Mass, protects his
grape vines from the attention of small
boys who are fond of Other. peoples
grapes by means Of a series of galvanic
batteries warranted to shock an inter-
loper to within an inch of his life. 1t
was doubtless some such inhospitable
ro~ntriyance which forced the fox to the
painful conclusion that the grape was
only d sour fruit.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-12-31
me Idfer

Parent-ss1Yho is the LATEST boy in
your class, ~Johnnya
Johnny-.I dunno.
should think you would know.
When all The others are industriously
writing d studying their lessons who is
be who sits idly in his seat and watches
fhc rest instead Of working himselfa'
sThe teacher. -ITexas siftings.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-12-31
Until che storm .Blo,cs over,

Is your mistress in, Marya' inquired
the head of the house, as he came home.
NO. SORT. The drcssmaker spoiled
her new silk, an she's gone there to sec
about it
"W-h-o-w wlistled the old ma I'm
easily. stJust say to her that | am called
down town on important business and
won'tbe home until late. ng-Puck.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-12-31
PEARLS OF
Overwork is a waste of capital.

Overwork is a waste of capital.
The secret of thrift is knowledge.
Keep clear of the man who does not
value his character.
Rich people who are covetous are like
the cypress tree: they may appear well,
but are fruitless.
t. women did not believe men any
more than they do women, it would be
lucky for the sex.
True friends visit us in prosperity only
when invited, but in adversely they come
without invitation.
Help others whenever you can; you
would yourself be grateful for a helpful
hand in q moment of need.
Conviction is in itself a power. The
man who is sure of what he says, gives
assurance to those who hear him.
Light as a gossamer Is the circumstance
which can bring enjoyment TO the con-
science which is not its own accuser.
"The greatest thing for a man to
know" said Alexander the Great, 'is
that with which he is least acquainted
himself in person."
He who possesses a friend whom he
can trust, one who is found faithful
through storm and sunshine, has N of
the rarest treasures which this world
holds.
1t may be that luck goes up and down
the world calling on men and women,
but the name has been spelled pluck on
all of her cards that have come under
our eye.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-12-31
What F0lgosOs d Hoscgsag Dog.

said little Harola to bis pater.
nal parent, after that individual has
been reading % article on ssupersti
ton u his family, does deatl
always follow The howIof . dog7
81, darIine, replied Backstrnttls
sometime tis the booEack Judy.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-12-31
"A Tgase or Sg1adu.

Editor Go young Assistant-sMr.
Greathead, I want to map outa line Of
journalistic study for yonp
Young Assistant (dubiously)-sI an
pretty well up to newspaper snuff, as il
is, sir.
Editor-T am aware Of that, Mr..
Greathead; but you know TOO much.
would suggest that ron devote one houl
each day TO forgetting something
IPuck.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-12-31
IA Enormous Booal..

eyes" said the man from B~iggsville,
1--WE are having an old-fashioaed boom.
Four railways heading our way, street
car company organized, new stock
yards
New stock yardsY
That's what | say"
"How large are theya
a0h, they're small yet. I'm using 'em
for q hog pen just now.'-[Lincoln
(Neb.) journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-12-31

British agricultural returns show ar
increase in the acreage In cultivation
this year, over 1886, of wheat, oats an6
potatoes; Of barley and hops there is {
decrease, in the one instance, Of Z, and
in the other of 81 per cent.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-12-31
A. BLACK,
TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE.

A centr lily located and desirable business
stanl on M in street, Opelousa cons ing
Of build ng su table for residence AMI small
store, and adjoining a bakery, being the
propetty next to the pc t-oftice This prop
cal and balances on terms to SUI pu c1aser-
A.py at this office or to NJ S. Edmond C.
Dupre March 1851
The Opelousas courier., 1887-12-31

The ruling profession of the West il
evidently real estate. In one small towr
Of i population Of 5000 there are twenty
five real estate brokers.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-12-31
There is plenty of land IN the United
States and only about s per cent. Of it i
ander cultivation.

The crop of predictions for the nexi
presidential campaign is already coming
In. It bids fair 10 be, as usual, q largt
ore.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-12-31
AN EAST WIND.
BY HATTIE A. COOLEY.

wind can work in the daily lives of us
poor mortals is really astonishing.
When you get up some morning with
q sort of edgewise feeling toward the
world, if things seem inclined to topple
over and get out of place at the mcrest
touch-in fact, everything goes wrong
in a peculiarly cxasperating manner, you
have good reason to suspect that the
wind ii il the east. That is certainly
where it was on this particular morning
at the Deane's.
For several days the cooks tooth had
given ominous t~hreatenings. And when
did an easterly wind ever propitiatc the
toothachc?
In this case at least it aggravated the
dull g~runblings into what the sufferer
termed the s'jumpin' toothachc, 7 with
the awful throbbings Of which it was
not to be expected that she would be
over solicitous in regard to the quality
Of the coffee or the state Of the beef
steak.
Now Father Deane himself had
passed far from a comfortable night be-
tween twinges Of neuralgia in his head
and rheumatic aches down his back, to
Say nothing of the creaking Of a certain
blind which never made the least noise
except when the wind was in this one
direction. The breakfast, muddy cof-
fee and weak at that, the cook having
simply poured in more water upon the
old grounds without SO much as adding
3 grain Of fresh coffee, and steak burnt
IN respect to outward appearance but
raw in inward reality-no, the breakfast
did not tend to soothc him into 4 better
frame Of mind. Generally he was a
pretty jolly, good-natured man, but
when he was down, ) the cook said,
t.he was down indade.o He was down
ssindade" this morning. SO poor Mother
Deane sighed very often. She was a
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FOR SALE.

A Fine Residence, with all necessary out
buildings AMI improvements, and sufficient
land for asm IL farm, a Joining the 0 porats
Ii nits Of Ope on 7as, will be sol cheap
An ly at this Z flee. dlfu